Rethinking Civic Participation in Democratic Theory and Practice

By Rod Dacombe

Book Overview

1. The problem with civic participation.- 2. Neighbourhood poverty and the democracy of association.- 3. Participation and democracy in policy and practice.- 4. Civic life in Blackbird Leys.- 5. Civic participation, formal politics and the democratic underground.- 6. Community structure, participation and stability.- 7. Networks, reciprocity and trust.- 8. Does deprivation really work against participation?.- 9. Responding to democracy's critics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137588241
• ISBN13: 9781137588241
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"